HMUSA 2022 Conference: Robot for 787 Center Bushing Installation

About the presentation
The center bushing installation machine for the 787-torque tube with an ABB robot improved workplace safety by eliminating human interaction with hot material. The center bushings are typically installed by preheating the bushing and manually inserting the bushing about the torque tube. Operators must manually handle the pre-heated bushing prior to installation. The operators need to manually place the workpieces at awkward angles and install the center bushings on the workpieces, which can inherently lead to errors and defects in workmanship. In addition, the manual process results in reworks and failures because of the manual steps involved in heating and maintaining the bushing at a fixed location on the workpiece. In other instances, there’s variability in bushing installations as different operators tend to locate the bushing about the workpiece differently. There was also a problem with operator fatigue in handling heavy pieces of machinery. This design includes ABB Robot Studio software, heater control, and the interface between robot and heater control including electrical schematics and safety circuits. All the aforementioned issues are successfully addressed in this design. 

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Meet your presenter

Wen Jiang works in factory automation in final assembly and delivery (FAD), fabrication of hard metals and composite, and manufacturing processes. He has extensive experience and knowledge of hardware, software, system integration in programmable logic controller (PLC), computer numerical control (CNC), motion servo control, robotics, enterprise-control system integration (ISA95), and through control design with Siemens, Fanuc and Allen Bradley (AB), Ladder logic, Micro code, Assembly language, NC program, Human Machine Interface (HMI), Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), C++, and Visual Basic. He’s a contributor to ISO 23247 digital twin manufacturing framework.

About the company
As a global aerospace company, Boeing develops, manufactures, and services commercial airplanes, defense products, and space systems for customers in more than 150 countries. As a top U.S. exporter, the company leverages the talents of a global supplier base to advance economic opportunity, sustainability, and community impact. Boeing’s diverse team is committed to innovating for the future, leading with sustainability, and cultivating a culture based on the company’s core values of safety, quality, and integrity.